Soccer Star.

Soccer Star first appeared in 1952, under the title "Raich Carter's Soccer Star", no doubt to give the publication the same credability enjoyed by it's monthly rival carrying Charles Buchan's name.

With a good mix of news, features and results it had no serious competition until Goal and Shoot appeared in the late 1960's. However, the new publications with their greatly enhanced colour features instantly made Soccer Star look tired and dated, and the magazine ceased publication in June 1970.

Details of the front/back cover photographs where applicable (which alternate between team groups and four individual player portraits) are listed.

REMAINING MAGAZINES FROM 1960 ARE PRICED AT £2 EACH, WHILE ISSUES FROM 1961 ONWARDS ARE £1.50

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1960            

June  11  Burnley/Spartak Moscow               June  18  Nice/Slovan Bratislava          

June  25  Sporting Lisbon/Feyenoord

July    2   Glenavon/Royal Antwerp        July    9   Rapid Vienna//Viking

July  30   Ajax/CSKA Sofia        

Sep  10   Sheff Wed/Chesterfield

1961               

July   1   IFK Gothenburg/Sporting Lisbon       July 15   Waterschei/Firoentina                                     

1962

Feb   3    Chelsea/John White, Jimmy Dickenson, Paddy Hasty, Jim Dugdale

Feb  10   Brighton/Trevor Smith, Andy Smillie, Graham Moore, John Angus.

Feb  17   Luton/Johnny Haynes, Jimmy Gabriel,  Sandy Anderson,  Jantzen Derrick.

Mar    3   Huddersfield/Jimmy Bloomfield, David Layne, Norman Green, Charlie Baker

Mar  17   Bolton/Des Palmer, George Whitelaw, Arthur Rowley, Derek Dougan.

Mar  24   Newport/Pat Stanley, Trevor Foster, Andy Nelson, Jack Henderson.

June  16   Mexico/Len Ashurst, George Thomson, Derek Pace, Dennis Edwards.

July     7    Italy/Bob Hill, Dick Beattie, Ron Harris, Bill Baxter.

July   14    Hungary/Albert Franks, Bob Laverick, Reg Matthewson, John Sewell

July   28    Uruguay/Brian Edwards, Terry McDonald, Fred Bunce, Len Weare

Aug   11    Russia/Bill Hoghton, Denis Atkins, Eddie Hopkinson, Hugh Neil.

Aug   25    Middlesbrough/Peter Johnson, Ron Crisp, Bob Evans, Jack Charlton.

Sep    8     Walsall/Bert Llewelyn, Malcolm Lucas, Hugh McIlmoyle, George Francis

Sep  22     Newcastle/Barrie Betts, John Goodchild, John Hawksby, Malcolm Scott.

Oct     6     Bury/Hugh Robertson, Roy Bailey, Brian Richardson, Alan Woan.

Oct   20     Blackpool/George McLeod, Lawrie Leslie, Brian Harris, George Herd.

Nov    3     Stoke/Ron Thompson, Calvin Palmer, Bill Brown, Roy Matthews

Nov  17     Swansea/Eric Brookes, Bob Wishart, Don Campbell, Vic Crowe.

Dec    8     Millwall/Tony Macedo, Albert Harley, Jim Walsh, Dai Ward.

1963

Dec  14  Bolton/Fulham v. Chelsea.

1964   NO STOCK

1965

May   7    Liverpool, Cup Winners/Andy McEvoy, Billy Gray,  Andy Lochhead, Tommy Robson.

July  23   Martin Peters & Bobby Moore/Tom Singleton, Bill Hodgson, Ron Briggs,

Charlie McDonnell.

1966   NO STOCK

1967

Jan  13   Southend/Derek Dougan, Ian Moir, Jimmy Blain, Brian Lewis.

Feb   3    Rotherham/Brian Miller, Walter Joyce, Jim Collins, John Vincent.

Feb  24   Gillingham/Mike England, Hugh McIlmoyle, Ian St. John, Jim McCalliog.

Mar   3    Berwick/Jim Langley, Doug Fraser, Jeff Astle, Mark Lazarus.

Mar  31   BournemouthGerry Bridgewood, Bob McKinlay, Barry Lines, Neil Young.

Apr   14   Exeter/Dennis Hollywood, Alan Ball, Gerry Young, Chris Rabjohn.

Apr   21   Watford/Reg Matthewson, Colin Harrington, Alec Briggs/John Sleeuwenhoek.

Apr   28   Darlington/Tony Book, Keith Peacock, Charlie Cooper, Ray Whittaker.

May    5   Torquay/Ron Davies, Geoff Gould, Bobby Willimason, Tony Read.

May  12   Sheff Wed/Bernard Shaw, Alan Skirton, Tony Millington, Mike Bernard.

June 23 John Barnwell & Jimmy Greaves/Bob Woodruff, Bill Williams, Richie Norman, Bob Wilson.

July   28  Mick Jones & Jon Sleeuwenhoek/Celtic

Aug    4   Stan Mortensen, Jimmy Armfield & Ray Charnley/John Quigley, Gordon Neilson,

John Mitten, Bob Baxter.

Sep 15   Ron Yeats/Soccer Films ad.

Sep 29   Steve Earle & John Charles/World Soccer ad.

Nov  10   George Eastham/Sheff Utd.

1968

Jan  12   Jimmy Greenhoff, Mike O'Grady, Eddie Gray/World Soccer ad

May 17   (F) - Wembley '67/Tony Hateley

Nov 30   Alan Ball/Birmingham

1969

Feb   7   Jeff Astle & Brian Labone/Scunthorpe (includes a young Joe Keegan !)

Feb  21  Eddie McCreadie & Alan Spavin/Bradford City

May 30  Keith Weller/John McGrath.

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